Hollow ware service set



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HOLLOW WARE SERVICE SET Filed June 50, 1959 V 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Fig. 5 26 HOLLOW WARE SERVICE SET Erik Herlpw, Copenhagen, Denmark, assignor to Carl M. Cohrs splvvarefabrilrer A/ S, Fredericia, Denmark Filed June 30, 1959, Ser. No. 824,036

Claims priority, application Denmark July 3, 1958' 6 Claims. (Cl. 220-47) The invention relates to a hollow ware service set consisting of a plurality of containers, preferably of true cylindrical shape, and having a collar-shaped peripheral wall section.

The known hollow ware service sets consist usually of several uniform containers of varying size such as pot and pan sets but may also consist of uniform containers such as sets of ash trays.

The object of the present invention is to adapt the various containers of the set in such manner that they may cooperate two and two, so that the one of them may be placed safely and effectively as lid on, or used as saucer for, the other one.

This accomplished in accordance with the invention thereby that in each container the cylindrical wall of the container part proper is connected with an outer finishing approximately conical wall section through a substantially horizontal, short contact section, the containers being adapted to each other in such manner that a container may by its edge and its contact section be placed so as to rest against the contact section of the next larger container of the set and against the edge of the next smaller container of the set.

In accordance with the invention the contact section and inclined section of each container of the set may further have the same horizontal projection on an arbitrary radius, whereby a uniform distribution of the container sizes is obtained.

The depths of the containers may in accordance with the invention be adapted to each other in such manner that the whole set may be assembled by being put together alternately from above and from below so that every second container becomes lid and the remaining containers bottom. Any two successive containers selected from the set constitute a container of desired size closed by a lid, and by turning these components upside down the lid may be used as bottom, and conversely, if this is found more desirable. In order that all the components of the set may be put together as mentioned and occupy a minimum of space, the containers with decreasing diameter have also to be with decreasing depth.

For reasons of convenience the aforesaid inclined section may have the same inclination and width for all the containers of the set, preferably an inclination which in diametral section forms an angle of 45-60 with the longitudinal axis of the containers, whereby the containers will be rather simple to manufacture and to clean.

Regardless of the inclination and width of the inclined sections, however, it may be found convenient in order to ensure the aforesaid proportion between diameter and depth to adapt the containers according to the invention in such manner that when the whole set is put together all of the contact sections are located alternately in one or the other of two planes at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the container.

In accordance with the invention the set may, in addition to the aforesaid containers which may each cooperate as lid or bottom either with the next larger or the next small container, comprise plate-shaped elements with a flat container part and a contact section whose horizontal projection on an arbitrary radius corresponds to the projection of the sum of the contact section and inclined section of one of the containers proper, whereby the element can be used both as support for two containers and as lid for the same two containers.

The inclined section of the plate-shaped elements may in accordance with the invention consist of a short, upward bent edge, barely large enough to prevent lateral displacement in relation to the containers, regardless whether the plate element is placed as underpart or saucer of a container or as a low-lying or high-lying lid.

The inclined section of a container or a plate element may be of the same overall height, or it may have incisions, for example so as to form a cream jug, or it may have projections, for example in the form of one or two webs extending into the surface of the inclined section and serving as handle.

In the drawing are shown various embodiments of the components of a hollow ware service set in accordance with the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container of the hollow ware service set,

Figure 2 is a diametral section through a hollow ware service set consisting of nine containers in all each of which has a uniformly inclined edge section,

Figure 3 is a corresponding section through another hollow ware service set, consisting of containers of more irregular shape,

Figure 4 is a diametral section through a set of plateshaped elements for cooperating with the containers shown in Figure 2,

Figures 5 and 6 are diametral sections through a number of containers and plate elements put together,

Figure 7 is a side view of a cream and sugar set with coffeepot, and

Figures 8 and 9 show a side elevation of a plate with two handles and a top View of the said plate, respectively.

The container shown in Figure l and which belongs to a hollow ware service set has a deep cylindricalpart 1 ending above in an inclined wall section 2. At the place where the parts 1 and 2 join each other there is provided a substantially horizontal contact section which is seen better in Figure 2 in which it is denoted by 3. On the said contact section rests a dish-shaped container '4 by means of its inclined edge, and the said container may thus constitute a lid for the container 1. The same applies to a third container 5 which by its contact section 6 rests on the edge of the container 1 and is guided laterally by its own inclined section 7. The edge of the latter, again, may cooperate with a larger container 8 by resting on the contact section 9 of the said container, and so on.

While the containers disclosed in Figure 2 are of cornparatively uniform and regular shape, this is not the case as regards the containers put together in Figure 3. In some of these the container part 10 proper is conical. Also the inclined sections are of varying inclination and length and have in certain cases 11 a double-curvature form. One container 12 has two contact sections 13 and 14 of which the latter may support an ordinary container 15 which is incorporated as an extra unit in the set.

The containers need not be designed as bodies of revolution, but may be oval or approximately square in crosssection, just as they may be of other desired cross-sectional forms, only the edge of each container must be adapted to the shape of the contact section of the container of directly larger size.

instead of causing one container to act as lid for the ther one, the hollow ware service set may be extended by a number of plate-shaped elements as shown in Figure 4 where an element 16 may serve as lid for the container'l by resting with its wide contact section 17 on edge of the container 1.. The elements shown in Figure 4' have a perfectly flat central part 13 and a very'short inclined section 19.

As lid for the'container 1 may also be used an element 20 which, when used in its upside down position, will seize the edge of the container 1 by its inclined section'19; Also a plate element 21 may be used, its in- In Figure 6 the same element 26 acts as lid for the 7 container 24, whereas a smaller container 27 with perforated bottom 28 for use in steaming or boiling in water 7 bath 'is inserted in the said container 24-, resting on the contact section 25. While the container 24 is resting on another plate element 30, the latter serves as lid for a larger container 29 by'resting on the contact section 31 of same and the. container 29 is supported by a fl llthel' 7 plate element'32 which by its inclined section 33 is resting on the contact section 35 of a container 34 which, finally, a

is supported by a plate element 36.

. Figures 5 and 6 illustrate many different ways in which containers and other elements may be combined, and it will be evident that while in the two figures three sizes of containers are used, only a single size of plate element is made use of.

Figure 7 shows a sugar basin 37 with a lid 38. These parts are made as two containers having a contact 'section and an inclined section and which may be inserted one into the other as shown. Figure 7 furthermore shows a cream jjug 39 with two cuts 40 and 41 provided in its I inclined section 42 so as to form a pouring lip. A corresponding pouring lip 43 is provided in the coifee pot 44 which is shown in Figure 7 and has a handle 45. If desired, the handle may be detachable. 'In order that the plate element'32 shown in Figure 6 may be readily accommodated by the container 34 or to provide a conven ient support for the element 36, the said elements may be provided with one or more handles 37 as shown in Fig- 4 ures 8 and 9. The said handles consist only of extensions of the short inclined section 38, joining the flat part of same.

The containers may, of course, likewise be provided with such handles or ears, which may be detachable or be permanently secured to the container;

What I claim, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent is:

'1. A service set comprising first and second sets of containers, each set comprising a series of nested containers of different sizes, ea'ch ofsaid containers including a cylindrical portion, an upwardly flaring conical collar and'a substantially-horizontal radial flange connecting said collar to said cylindrical portion, the containers of the first set being concentrically arranged with their flanges in coaxial alignment, the collars of the containers of the first set having upper edges in coaxial alignment, the. containers of the second set being in inverted concentric arrangement with the flanges thereof resting on said upper edges of the containers of the first set and with the collars thereof resting onthe flanges ofthe first set.

2; A service set as claimed in claim 1 wherein said edges are coplanar. 4

3. A serviceset as claimed in claim 2 wherein the containersof the first set, from the outside to the inside of the concentric arrangement, are progressively, shorter to accommodate stacking thesame one Within the other while maintaining said edges in coplanar relation.

4. A service set as claimed in claim 1 wherein the flanges of the first set are coplanar. 1 V

5. A service set as claimed in claim 1 wherein the collars are all of the same slope and incline about 45-60 degrees relative to the associated cylindrical portions.

6. A service set as claimed in claim 1 wherein the containers of the second set are of substantially 'difierent heights. w

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Roop Nov. 20, 1951 ueer-A- 

